§ 143B-53.1. Appropriation, allotment, and expenditure of
funds for historic and archeological property.

The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources may not
expend any State funds for the acquisition, preservation, restoration, or
operation of historic or archeological real and personal property, and the
Director of the Budget may not allot any appropriations to the Department of
Natural and Cultural Resources for a particular historic site until (i) the
property or properties shall have been approved for such purpose by the
Department of Natural and Cultural Resources according to criteria adopted by
the North Carolina Historical Commission, (ii) the report and recommendation of
the North Carolina Historical Commission has been received and considered by
the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, and (iii) the Department of
Natural and Cultural Resources has found that there is a feasible and practical
method of providing funds for the acquisition, restoration and/or operation of
such property. (1963, c. 210, s. 3; 1973, c. 476, s.
48; 1985 (Reg. Sess; 1986), c. 1014, s. 171(e); 2006-203, s. 7; 2015-241, s.
14.30(s).)